All Quotes By Tag: Hope

“If you don’t want anyone to find out, don’t do it.”

“Hope, thin as a thread, sharp as a fishing line, cut into David’s heart.” p. 79”

“A great many of us have come to believe that hope and significance is an external construct-something contingent on our circumstances. As a result, we fail to believe that the Christian life, at least in its fullest and most abundant form, can be lived anywhere.”

“I think that is not true,” Uncle Henrik said. “I think you are like your mama,and like your papa, and like me. Frightened, but determined, and if the time came to be brave, I quite sure you would be very, very brave.””But,” he added, “it is much easier to be brave if you do not know everything. And so your mama does not know everything.Neither do I. We only know what we need to know.””Do you understand what I am saying?” he asked, looking into her eyes.Annemarie frowned. She wasn’t sure.What did bravery mean? She had been very frightened the day–not long ago though now it seemed far in the past– when the soldier had stopped her on the street and asked questions in his rough voice.And she had not known that the German were going to take away the Jews. And so, when the soldiers asked, looking at Ellen that day, “What is the name of your friend?”she had been able to handle him, even though she was frightened. If she had known everything, it would have not been so easy to be brave.”

“You see, I was my own monster. When you don’t have hope, something can grow inside of you that will just keep hurting, biting, snarling, and you can sink farther and let that monster overtake you.Some people don’t fight back. They might hurt others, hurt themselves, or just—relinquish the fight for happiness.”

“I believe … I believe that if there was a start to this, then there has to be an end.”

“Laughter with those that understand us is music for the soul. A hug at the right moment and a kind shoulder to lean on,Is the sprinkle of magic that keeps us walking towards hope.”

“Remember your math: an anecdote is not a trend. Remember your history: the fact that something is bad today doesn’t mean it was better in the past. Remember your philosophy: one cannot reason that there’s no such thing as reason, or that something is true or good because God said it is. And remember your psychology: much of what we know isn’t so, especially when our comrades know it too.Keep some perspective. Not every problem is a Crisis, Plague, Epidemic, or Existential Threat, and not every change is the End of This, the Death of That, or the Dawn of a Post-Something Era. Don’t confuse pessimism with profundity: problems are inevitable, but problems are solvable, and diagnosing every setback as a symptom of a sick society is a cheap grab for gravitas. Finally, drop the Nietzsche. His ideas may seem edgy, authentic, baad,while humanism seems sappy, unhip, uncool But what’s so funny about peace, love, and understanding?”

“It is not how long we spend with someone that matters.It’s the effect of that encounter that makes the difference.”

“The more you do it, the easier it will be to repeat it. If you have many successes, it’s easier to have them again.”

“When you make a commitment, you build hope. When you keep it, you build trust.”

“One has to hope, you know?’‘Yes,’ said Parker. ‘I know.”

“Self-awareness is the capacity to recognise that you are a separate entity from others”

“Meghan Markle just single-handedly gave all divorced women more hope.”

“She was grateful her life regained a new purpose, a new rhythm and focus.”